AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
2021 Chicago Cultural Treasures Award
2016 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions
2012 Jazz Journalists Association “Jazz Hero” Award Orbert Davis
2011 Emmy Award for Outstanding Craft Achievements Off-Air – Musical Composition/Arrangement “DuSable To Obama: Chicago’s Black Metropolis” Orbert Davis and Mark Ingram, Composer/Producer, performed by CJP Chamber Ensemble
2011 Downbeat Magazine Readers Poll – Top 20 Big Bands Chicago Jazz Philharmonic
2011 Downbeat Magazine Readers Poll – Top 20 Jazz Composers Orbert Davis
2010 Arts Legend Award – Arts Alliance Illinois Orbert Davis
2008 Timuel Black Community Service Award – Jazz Institute of Chicago Orbert Davis
2002 “Chicagoan of the Year” – Chicago Magazine Orbert Davis
2000 “Y2K’s Best Trumpeter” – Chicago Magazine Orbert Davis